Gionee Marathon M5 with 6,020mAh Battery up for sale at $370

Earlier this month, Gionee has officially launched the Gionee Marathon M5 in Beijing. Now, the smartphone is available for purchase in China. It has been just listed in China for 2,299 Yuan ($370).

It comes with 5.5-inch HD (1280×720) AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor. The device has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage along with a microSD card slot to expand the memory up to 128GB. It sports an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 5MP front-facing camera.

Marathon M5 device has the 6,002mAh capacity with the Dual batteries each of 3,100mAh capacity. M5 can give 62 hours of standby with just 5% battery life. Gionee is promising 2 days of heavy usage and 4 days of infrequent usage on a single charge with the M5. The smartphone also features fast charge, and can also charge other devices.

The company made the device with just 8.6mm thickness and we aren’t surprised by its weight of 213 grams, considering the mammoth battery. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop based Amigo UI, and it measures 152 x 76 x 8.5 (mm).

Today we have the specs of the earlier reported Gionee M5, thanks for the listing on the TENAA website. The latest Marathon device has the 6,000mAh capacity with the Dual batteries each of 3,000mAh capacity. As the company stated, we can expect the device to give four days of battery life. Apart from the battery life, the Gionee M5 will be a mid-range device by considering the specifications found on TENAA.

It comes with 5.5-inch HD (1280×720) AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor. The device has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage along with a microSD card slot to expand the memory up to 128GB. It sports an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 5MP front-facing camera.

The company made the device with just 8.6mm thickness and we aren’t surprised by its weight of 213 grams, considering the mammoth battery. Another smartphone to come up with the 6,000mAh battery is the Innos D6000. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop based Amigo UI, and it measures 152 x 76 x 8.6 (mm).

Connectivity of the device includes Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, 3G, GPS and Bluetooth. The Gionee M5 comes in the colours – Black, white and gold. The pricing and availability of the device are still unknown. We can expect the device to be released as its listed on TENAA.

Earlier: Gionee M5 With Dual Batteries Announced in China, To Give Four Days Battery Life
(MAY 25, 2015)

Earlier lot of Chinese brands are known for low cost and low quality products.Since few years, it been totally changed and now we see a lot of innovation coming from China. We have seen the rotational camera, bezel-less displays, thinnest smartphones all this from Chinese manufacturers. Gionee is one of the manufacturers, who are well known for their innovative design and features. The 23MP rear camera on the upcoming Gionee device Elife E8 can shoot images up to 100MP is one of them.

We have seen the world’s thinnest smartphone (at the time of launch) Gionee Elife S5.1 with a thickness of 5.1mm. Today Gionee posted an image on the Chinese social networking site Weibo about the upcoming Gionee M5.

The marathon series is well known for its massive battery capacity. The Gionee M2, which has a battery of 4,200mAh and Gionee M3 with 5,000mAh battery, are the very few devices with such a huge battery capacities. Now Gionee had shifted the gears from huge batteries to dual batteries. Yes, you heard it right; the upcoming Gionee M5 will be coming with dual batteries. The company claims the devices will give four days of battery life.

Gionee M5 can be used with one of the two batteries, so one of the batteries can be charged while using the smartphone. This will be quite a relief for ones who are looking for good battery life in this power-hungry smartphone era. The rumours suggest that each battery will be larger than 2,500mAh capacity. There are no any other details known about the device. We will update once the company unveils more information about the specifications of the smartphone.